Railway-car.



No. 732,113. PATENTED JUNESO, 1903. F. H. RAPLEY.

RAILWAY GAR.

PPLIUATION FILED APB. 15. 1902.

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OFFICE.

FREDERICK HARVEY RAPLEY, OF ALLEGHENY,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PRESSED STEEL OAR COMPANY,| OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,1 13, dated J une 30, 1903. Application filed April 15, 1902. Serial No. 103,043. (No model.)

:To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HARVEY RAPLEY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Allegheny, Pennsylvania,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Gars, of which lthe following is a specification.

These improvements relate chiefly to railway-cars in which the body and underram- 1o ing are made of pressed sheet metal, preferably steel, although structural met-al may be employed wholly or in part, as desired; and the object of the improvements is to produce a light, strong, cheap, and easily-constructed car which is especially suitable for the transport of coal and other material in bulk.

The improvements are in the accompanying drawings shown embodied in a fourwheeled car or wagon especially suitable for zo the transport of coal or other material in bulk.

Figure 1 is a part-sectional side elevation; Fig. 2, a sectional end elevation; Fig. 3, an end elevation, and Fig. 4 a planV in which the lower half is shown with the door-plates removed in order to show the underframing more clearly. Figs. 5 t0 9 are sectional views of various places of junction of the parts drawn to a larger scale, Fig. 5 showing-the junction of a sole-bar and a floor-plate, Fig.

3o 6 showing the junction of a floor-plate and a side wall, Fig. 7 showing the junction of a floor-plate, a cantaliver-bracket, and a side wall, Fig. 8 showing the junction of a transverse stiffener and a center sole-bar with two door-plates riveted thereto, and Fig. 9. being a horizontal section of the side doors where they meet.

The two outer longitudinal supporting-sills or sole-bars a under the fioor are made of L- 4o section with the bottom ange bent outwardly. The two middle longitudinal supportingsillsor sole-bars b, of similar L-sec tion, run parallel in the middle part and are splayed oi toward the buders at each end for taking part of the end thrust against the buffers. The floor-plates c are Xed between the middle sole-bars b and between them and the outer sole-bars a, as shown clearly in Fig. 4, and have downturned flanges on all four 5o edges for joining by riveting to the sole-bars a and `b and to each other, as shown in ligs.4 5 and 8, and also to the upstanding sides fof the car, as shown clearly in Fig. 6, and to the ends ofthe car, as shown in Fig. The floor is thus rendered very strong and light and 5g has no rivet-heads inside that would inter- 'fere with the use of the coal-shovel, and the sole-bars a and b are at the same time reinforced by the anges of the floor-plates riveted to them. The transverse flanges of the 6o Hoor-plates not only act as girders to support the floor, but have also the function of tying the sole-bars d and b strongly together. The door-plates on the sole-bars a are at intervals supported by and riveted to cautaliVer-bracle 6 5 ets d, of sheetsteel, which are riveted to the outer sole-bars d and vare formed with a pressed-up flange all around on one side. The outer downturned flanges of the door-plates enter between the end of the brackets cl and 7o the outer side wallf, as shown clearly in Fig.7.

The upstanding sheet-steel ends e of the car consist of plates, three in this example, which are flanged outwardly on the two sides and iiauged inwardly along the bottom, the iiange then running up slantingly (see Figs. l, 2, and 3) from the point whereit leaves the ange of the side sole-bars ot on each side to the place where it meets the flange of the lateral floor-plate c. The end sheets are ap- 8o ertured for the passage of the draw-bars. The upstanding sheet-steelsidesfconsist of plates flanged outwardly as to the end sheets and middle sheets on one vertical edge and as to the intermediate sheets anged on two vertical edges for the purpose of stidening, and are also riveted to the door-plate lianges, thus doing away with rivet-heads on the in ner sides of the car. Along the top these side walls and end walls are stiliened by means of 9o angle sectionbars g. .L-shaped transverse stifteners or struts h are provided, which have pressed-up end flanges andare riveted to the under side of the middle sole-bars b and by their end flanges to the inner sides of the side sole-bars d.

jj are two door-posts made of triangular plates :flanged all around toward the ends of the car. The bottom flanges of these posts are riveted to the floor, the upright outer roo iiange is riveted to the side of the car, and the top Hange is riveted to the longitudinal stiifening-bar g. The two doors p are hinged to the postsj and meet in the middle, where the right-hand door has a closing-strip q riveted thereto. The doors are flanged on all four sides outwardly. The doors are held together by a lever-latch 7.o, to which is jointed a vertical bolt l, the lower end of which enters a staple on the outer side of the ear. To this bolt is jointed one arm of a lever-handle m. By depressing the handle the bolt is raised out of its staple and the latch 7c from its staples on the two doors, so that the doors can be swung open toward the outside, or, vice versa, to secure the` doors when closed the handle m is raised, so that the latch lf;Y andthe bolt lare simultaneously inserted in their staples. The doors are pressed up into buckled panel shape for the sake of stiffness. The buffers are made in an upper and a lower half n n, pressed out of sheet-steel, and with joining flanges along the middle and with continued upturned end iianges for xing to the base-plate r, which is bolted to the end sill or head-stock of the ear. A hole o is provided in each half for inspecting the state of the spring insideand for draining.

The ends of the sole-bars d and b are tied together by a reinforcing-piece s inside and by the angular reinforcing-piece t ouside. The pressed-steel horn-plates u are flanged up along two edges, as shown in Figs. l and 4, and are riveted to the outer sole-bars d. They have guide-pieces fu riveted on, which are united by the tie-barw.

I claiml. Acar, having two central L-shaped sole bars or sills with the ange below, and which are splayed'toward the buffers, two similar parallel outer sole bars, and floorplates flanged downwardly on all four sides, riveted to the said central and outer solebars and to the side walls and end walls, substantially as set forth.

2. A ear, having two central L-shaped solebars with the flange below, and which are splayed toward the buffers, two similar paralleloutersole-bars,floor-plates iianged downwardly on all four sides, riveted t0 the said central and outer sole-bars and to the side walls and end walls, cantaliver-braekets riveted to theiioor-plates outside of the outer sole-bars and riveted to the said sole-bars and to the side walls, and transverse stiffeners riveted to the sole outer and inner bars, substantially as set forth.

3. A car, having two centralr L-shaped solebars with the flange below and which are splayed toward the buffers, two similar parallel outer sole-bars, door-plates flanged downwardly on all four sides, riveted to the said central and outer sole-bars, eantaliver-brackets riveted to the door-plates, to the side walls and to the outer sole-bars, upstanding side walls made of plates flanged outwardly along the sides where they are riveted together, and end walls made of plates flanged outwardly along the sides and riveted together and riveted to the side walls, the plates of the said end walls being flanged inwardly along the bottom and slanting from the side sole-bar to the lateral floor-plate, substantially as set forth.

4. A ear, having its side walls and end walls made of pressed plates provided with vertical iianges on adjacent outer edges only and riveted together by such outer vertical iian'ges, in combination with an angle section-bar riveted along the top of the side walls and end walls, substantially as set forth.v

5. A car, having a side wall interrupted i'n one place, a door-post on each side of the space riveted to the side wall and to the bottoni of the car, pressed sheet-metal folding doors hinged to the door-posts and provided with staples, a latch pivoted to one door, a vertical bolt jointed thereto, a staple therefor below on the side of the ear, and a lever-handle jointed to the door and to the bolt for operating thelateh and the bolt simultaneously, substantially as set forth.

6. A car, having a side wall interrupted in one place, a door-post on each side of the space made of pressed sheet metal with anges all around said posts riveted to the side wall and to the bottom of the car, sheet-metal folding doors hinged to the door-posts, and a bolt-and-latch device for holding the doors firmly in the closed position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this'specifieation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK HARVEY RAPLEY.

Witnesses:

G. D. J ENKs, W. S. SEIBERT.

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